Raymond Evans

Raymond Evans was a widely admired United States Coast Guard sailor. Evans and his friend Douglas Albert Munro enlisted in the Coast Guard in September, 1939, the month that Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany. They served together on a Higgins boat landing craft off Guadalcanal during the Second Battle of the Matanikau. Munro died and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor; Evans received the Navy Cross. Evans was later commissioned as a Coast Guard officer. He commanded USCGC Ivy, was the executive officer of USCGC Chautauqua and was the Captain of the Port in Houston. He served in the Coast Guard until 1962, accumulating 12 years of sea-time during his 23 years in the service. The Coast Guard awards an annual medal, named after Evans, to an outstanding coxswain.